Recent East Lansing High School graduate Olivia Burns’ upbringing was ripe with stark parallels.
As an African American child who was adopted by white parents, she wasn’t immune to …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/7/24
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7 — WLNS-TV is making news, not just breaking it.
The television station has stirred up controversy by its request to the city of Lansing to install a 6-foot-tall …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/7/24
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White House senior adviser Tom Perez smiled as he peered out at Cedar Street through a large window in what was once a classroom of the old Walter H. French Junior High School.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/7/24
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FRIDAY, Aug. 2 — The East Lansing City Council split the baby Wednesday over a proposal to add a description to a controversial housing proposal that will appear on the Nov. 5 General Election Ballot.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/2/24
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For about a year following the pandemic, Ashia Wilson and her son, Jordell, were living day-to-day on friends’ couches, in hotel rooms and occasionally in her car.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/31/24
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Lansing’s Charter Commission will decide next week between two law firms for legal counsel, one of which is owned by the chair of the Board of Trustees at Michigan State University.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER AND BERL SCHWARTZ
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7/26/24
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Judith Daubenmier’s first dose of political activism came when she volunteered for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/25/24
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The green light is on for Lansing’s Board of Water & Light to step on the gas, but a group of concerned citizens is waving a yellow flag.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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7/25/24
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MONDAY, July 22 — The phones were hot for local Democrats after President Joe Biden announced yesterday he was dropping out.
“Our sign-ups are blowing up,” Ingham County …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/22/24
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MONDAY, July 22 — Mayor Andy Schor believes a majority of the City Council plans to support an agreement selling City Hall to Chicago developer J. Paul Beitler when it goes to a vote Monday …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/19/24
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On the morning of June 17, Richie Waters and his partner, Miles Abdal, left their apartment at The Quarters in East Lansing to find the latter’s car mostly covered in water in the parking lot.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/18/24
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WEDNESDAY, July 17 — Democratic congressional candidate Curtis Hertel Jr. deflected today when asked if he would welcome President Joe Biden to campaign on his behalf.
“If any …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER AND BERL SCHWARTZ
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7/17/24
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WEDNESDAY, July 17 — Changing the makeup of the Lansing City Council was a popular topic last night at the biweekly Charter Revision Commission at City Hall.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/17/24
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Michigan State University alum John Paul Beitler remembers his undergrad years as when his interest in architecture flourished, paving the way for a successful career as a Chicago developer.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/11/24
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Doug Hart of Lake Orion and his friend Jim Bradford of Rochester received a special surprise when they arrived early last week at Jackson Field: a vintage “base ball” game before the Lansing Lugnuts took the field.
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By DAWN PARKER
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7/11/24
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WEDNESDAY, July 10 — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is doubling down on President Joe Biden’s candidacy after participating in a video call Biden made to Democratic mayors last night.
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By Berl Schwartz and Tyler Schneider
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7/10/24
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TUESDAY, JULY 9—The Lansing City Council unanimously approved a resolution last night calling on the University of Michigan to preserve the old Eastern High School classroom building and …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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7/9/24
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Two of mid-Michigan’s leading elected Democrats, state Sen. Sarah Anthony and Lansing Mayor Andy Schor, said they stand by President Joe Biden’s bid for reelection.
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Berl Schwartz and Tyler Schneider
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7/5/24
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FRIDAY, July 5 — Lansing City Council member Ryan Kost flatly rejected U of M Health-Sparrow’s contention that demolishing old Eastern High School is its only option for locating its …
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Staff
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7/5/24
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THURSDAY, July 4 — Old Eastern High School must be demolished to make room for a psychiatric facility, U of M Health-Sparrow has declared.
“The former EHS building was built with the …
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STAFF
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7/4/24
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